Riverina Football League

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The Riverina Football League is an Australian rules football competition containing eight clubs in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

The league is one of the strongest in New South Wales and is famous for producing top level Australian Football League players including Brownlow Medallist Paul Kelly as well as Cameron Mooney among others.

The league is affiliated with the AFL NSW/ACT and is run by the Southern NSW AFL, who also administer the Farrer Football League The league was formed in 1982 at the direction of the Victorian Country Football League to foster development of the game in the region, however many of the member clubs date back to the 1880's.

All clubs field teams in three grades - senior, reserves and under 18s, as well as netball teams in three grades.

[edit] Current Clubs

  • Coolamon Football Club
  • Eastern Hawks Football Club (formerly East Wagga-Kooringal)
  • Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong Football Club
  • Griffith Swans Australian Football Club
  • Leeton-Whitton Football Club
  • Mangoplah-Cookadinia United-Eastlakes Football Club
  • Narrandera Football Club
  • Turvey Park Australian Football Club
  • Wagga Tigers Australian Football Club
  • North Wagga Australian Football Club

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